• Second-ranked Bears slip to 6-1 for the season
• Sophomore Trevian Carson leads DMACC with 24 points and six rebounds
• Bears shoot just 38 percent in the loss

After opening the season with six consecutive victories, the DMACC men's basketball team suffered its first loss November 19 when Marshalltown Community College (MCC) handed the Bears an 85-67 defeat inside the DMACC gymnasium.

The Tigers, a National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Division I program, shot 53 percent from the field and held the Bears to 38 percent in coming away with the win. MCC led 38-35 at halftime and outscored DMACC 47-32 in the second half.

DMACC is an NJCAA Division II program and is ranked second nationally in this week's Division II poll.

Sophomore Trevian Carson of Des Moines led the Bears with 24 points, six rebounds, four assists and four steals. Freshman Andrew Austin of Rock Rapids had 10 points and was the only other DMACC player to score in double figures. Carson got his 24 points from nine field goals in 12 attempts. He was 1-of-2 from three-point range and 5-of-6 from the free throw line.

The Bears' 38 percent shooting came from 24 field goals in 64 attempts. The Bears were just 2-of-24 from three-point range and 17-of-25 from the free throw line.

MCC had a 40-35 advantage in rebounding with Carson's six boards leading the Bears. Sophomore Jamal Ambrose and freshman Dylan Omweno, both of Apple Valley, Minn., had five rebounds apiece and sophomore Demerius Shakur of Milwaukee, Wis., led DMACC in assists with five. He also had three steals.

The DMACC men's basketball team is idle until Nov. 25 when the Bears will travel to Inver Hills, Minn., to play Dakota County Technical College (DCTC).